Monthly Archives: March 2009

chocolate was made for days like this

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Deanna

THWACK-THUMP! That’s the sound of a neighbor’s tree, big old maple that shaded your garden too much, but now never will again. Apparently it was hollow and had to be brought down at some point before a storm did it first. Only problem, the neighbor’s anchor line, the type that’s always held before – you’ve … Continue reading →

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the littlest guy

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Deanna

Well, I can’t help it. I’m rather pulpitizing my blog of late, but there are things to say. Perusing the online version of First Things this morning, I found a eulogy for Fr. Richard John Neuhaus by Robert P. George. The author describes Neuhaus, a once sought-after intellectual speaker and Lutheran pastor who became a … Continue reading →

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make me smile

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Deanna

Yesterday, parked on Willamette Street in front of the downtown post office, I waited for my son. He’d gone into the used bookstore to look for a hiking guide. Music brought me awake in the moment. Singing. With his back to me, on the other side of newspaper dispensers, a man strummed a guitar and … Continue reading →

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dweebish dilemma

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Deanna

I’ve gotten so used to my whizz-dingy Gmail page that shows the current weather (or at least it’s most times pretty close). There might be clouds, dark ones, covering the “sky” or fluffy white ones hinting at blue behind them. Then there can be raindrops splashing my Inbox, or even once in a great while … Continue reading →

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the meaning of life for me at this time

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Deanna

Tim’s dad sent an interesting email today. He knew I’d be unable to resist expressing my views. Here’s how he introduced the subject: “A schoolmate of mine, now a professor in Texas, wrote and asked me to respond to the question, ‘What is the meaning of life as you have thus far experienced it?’” Dad … Continue reading →

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sometimes…

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Deanna

…you need these. Comics about writing and creating: This, and at Brevity yesterday, this, an accurate story of rejection. Understatement rules.

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well-wrought perspective

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Deanna

In January I spent some Christmas money on a book by Gary Presley, Seven Wheelchairs: A Life Beyond Polio. I’d been eager to read it, having seen excerpts on Gary’s blog. His story, like the best memoirs do, carried me into a place and time I couldn’t travel to otherwise – in Gary’s case, it’s … Continue reading →

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a few joys so far this year

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Deanna

Ringing in the New at JJ’s (grins courtesy of appletinis). Playing Huck Finn. Receiving a house blessing. Waking up to quiet treasures.

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